COOPER REMINGTON WOMEN'S INSTITIUTE DONATION TO THE MEDICAL CENTER
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Shirley MCCoy signs cheque in the amount of $900.00 to the Tri Area Medical Centre from the Fund Raising Dance held by the Cooper Remington Women's Institute. Looking on (L-R) Eric Brick Chairman of Fund Raising and Wally
Sawkins.
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| Cooper Remington Women's Institute Finance Committee |
SKATEPARK WINS AN AWARD
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Carman Donato and three youth from his team accepted the Youth Initiative Award on behalf of the Centre Hastings Skatepark at the Ontario Association of Community Futures Development Corporation’s (OACFDC) 15th Annual Conference held in Stratford recently.
See the article. |
$78000 GRANT FROM THE ONTARIO TRILLIUM FOUNDATION FOR A SPLASH PAD IN THE CENTRE HASTINGS PARK
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Right to left: Dave Mullins, Carm Donato, Judy Smith, M.P.P. Leona Dombrowsky, Reeve Tom Deline, Deputy Reeve Tom Simpson
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Dave Mullins from Ontario Trillium Foundation announced "We have done it again, partnering a community with the OTF to build a free and accessible outdoor summer recreation facility for children and families." More information |
FREE TREE SEEDLINGS AVAILABLE
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Community Trees
Supported by Hastings Stewardship Council and The Municipalities of
• Tweed
• Centre Hastings
• Stirling / Rawdon
• Marmora and Lake
April 26, 9-noon at Madoc Kiwanis Centre
May 3, 8-11 am at the Tweed Arena
May 9, 4-8 pm at Marmora Memorial Park
May 10,8-11 am at the Stirling Covered Bridge
Trees are free in limited quantities to residents of these municipalities.
See the brochure. |
SEEDY SATURDAY
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| Madoc’s first Seedy Saturday will take place at O’Hara Mill Homestead on Saturday morning, May 3rd. The gate opens at 9am. Everyone with a green or brown thumb is invited to join in - backyard gardeners, plant collectors, seed savers, conservationists, small farmers and market gardeners. See the pictures and article. |
THE MADOC TOWNSHIP RECREATION ASSOCIATION PROVIDES $10,000 TO LOCAL CAUSES
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The Madoc Twp. recreation association dispersed its savings from 15yrs of operation.
The Tri-area Medical Centre received, $2,500, and the Heart of Hastings Hospice, Community Care and the Helping Hands food bank each $1,000 and $500 to the breakfast program at the township public school. $4,000 went to support the Eldorado ball field and baseball league, now numbering to over 100 youth and 6 adult teams. |
FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TRI-AREA MEDICAL CENTRE
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Hockey may be over but the giving continues. The Thursday Night Raiders Old Timers Hockey Team presents $1,000.00 to the Tri- Area Medical Centre Fund Raising Team.
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Andrew Bacon on behalf of his parents JoAnn and Dennis along with staff of Home Hardware. A cheque for $1,056.00 was presented for the sale of Natura Cloths brought in as a fund raiser for the Medical Centre.
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TRI-AREA MEDICAL CENTRE
INVITATION TO CONSTRUCTION TRADES
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| The new 12,000 sq ft Medical Centre to be constructed in the Village of Madoc this year is a cooperative effort among the three Municipalities of Tudor - Cashel, Madoc Township and Centre Hastings.
In acknowledgement that this is a building for all residents of the three Municipalities, it is the strong desire of the project team to involve local trades and companies wherever possible.
Interested trade persons may contact:
Project Manager Nic Carey at 613-473-5551
By April 21, 2008 for further information.
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Here's to your health. |
29TH ANNUAL FIREFIGHTERS' BREAKFAST AT THE HUNTINGDON HALL
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| Larry Mitz has provided 28 photos of the annual breakfast. See the gallery here. |
FEBRUARY WINNERS FOR THE MEDICAL CENTRE DRAW
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Front: L-R Wally Sawkins helper Shawn Franks
Back row : L-R Deputy Reeve Tom Simpson Centre Hastings, Deputy Reeve John Woolley Tudor & Cashel,
Eric Brick Fund Raising Committee, Deputy Reeve Mike Sniderhan Madoc Township.
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February winners.
$100.00, Pete Ross, Madoc
$300.00, Luca Franceschinis, Holland Landing $500.00, Debbie Wood, Madoc |
MORE BUSINESSES COME ON BOARD SUPPORTING THE NEW TRI-AREA MEDICAL CENTRE
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McDoug all Insurance gave $1,500. Connie Robinson, manager for McDougall Insurance, along with Arlene MacFadyen and Mary Bonter do their part for helping the fund raising thermometer rise.
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One Stop Butcher Shop donated $1,000. Tim Toms, owner of One Stop Butcher Shop , Agnus Bruce and Joel Dennis are shown in thsi picture.
Tim Toms, owner of One Stop Butcher Shop is proud to take part in the Fund Raising for the New Medical Centre as his way of celebrating his 15th year in business.
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V& S gave $500.00 as part of the sales for the day in December 2007. This picture shows Robin Wilson, the retail manager of the V&S, and Kelly Trotter with Wally Sawkins.
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| Kelly's Flowers gave $150.00 as part of the sale of roses for a day in December, 2007. With Wally in this picture areTracey Wood and Kelly DeClair of Kelly's Flowers. |
MORE DONATIONS FOR THE MEDICAL CENTRE
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From L-R. Wally Sawkins fund Raising Committee Member, Craig Horton, Grant Ketcheson and Doug Hunter.
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Grant Ketcheson, Board of Director and Insurance Adjuster for Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance Company presents a cheque for $2500.00 towards the fundraising efforts of the Tri Area Medical Centre.
Doug Hunter Ford cuts a cheque for car sales.
Doug Hunter Ford launched a campaign which ran through the month of November until Dec. 15 th . A donation was tabulated in the amount of $50.00 for every new or used car sold. Doug Hunter presented a cheque in the amount of $2,050.00.
Craig's Car Clinic donates to Tri Area Medical Centre.
Craig Horton operated a busy shop during his fundraising campaign for the Tri Area Medical Centre. During the month of November right up till Dec. 15 th, Craig put aside $10.00 from every undercoating he completed. The company did 18 undercoats for cars and presented a cheque in the amount of $180.00. |
O'HARA MILL- FALL NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE
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| If you have high Speed Internet you may wish to download the PDF version of the newsletter (3.4 MB) which containes several photographs. If not, you can save download timeby reading the text only version. |
OUR WEBSITE VISITORS
At this time www.centrehastings.com has over 12,000 visits per month and is one of the most active web sites of its type in Ontario.
THE ARTS IN CENTRE HASTINGS
The Municipality of Centre Hastings is proud to announce the creation of a virtual art gallery on this site to recognize, highlight and promote the arts in Centre Hastings. To catch your first view of this valuable addition to our web site CLICK HERE.
This art gallery is available to any artisan or artist in Centre Hastings at no cost. Email up to 6 pictures of your work to info@tanapics.com.
Along with the pictures please provide the following contact information: your name, your studio name (if there is one), your phone number, fax number (if applicable), your email and web site information (if available), your mailing address, and your location address. Also create a short (less than 25 words) description of what arts you create. This information will be displayed in the virtual art gallery to promote your works and to allow the viewers to make contacts with you and your studio. The displays will rotate throughout the year giving the maximum number of artists exposure. There will be no permanent displays in the gallery, and displays will be rotated as the web master identifies the needs for change.
Crichton's Photo Galleries of Centre Hastings
Photo Gallery Archive: From 2002 to his passing on Christmas Day, 2004, Councillor Crichton Harrop attended more than 60 community events and prepared photo galleries that provide a personal view of life in Centre Hastings. These photo galleries are preserved on his website as an archive of his work and a resource for those who would like to preserve a record of our area's history.
Madoc Chamber of Commerce
The minutes of recent meetings and contact information are available here.
HANDY LINKS
Lower Trent Conservation Website
www.ltc.on.ca
Four Counties Agriculture Website: http://fourcounties.onlinedemocracy.ca/
Ontario Federation of Agriculture: http://www.ofa.on.ca.
Ontario Seniors Secretariat
infoseniors@mczcr.gov.on.ca
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MAIN STREET REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE WINS AN AWARD
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The Main Street Revitalization Initiative was nominated for the award by the Community Futures Development Corporation of North & Central Hastings and South Algonquin, located in Bancroft. Manager Bob Cloes says that the project was initiated to build on the strengths of the four communities. “In an environment of increasing commercial vacancy and rising unemployment, in just two and a half short years, the Main Street Revitalization Initiative has been successful” Cloes adds. He cites among the many improvements: retaining, expanding and attracting businesses; hosting various business workshops; formulating a commercial recruitment strategy; creating a new branding strategy; and rehabilitating downtown property.
See the full article. |
PROVINCE ANNOUNCES $138,000 FUNDING FOR NEW TRI AREA MEDICAL CENTRE
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Ontario is helping revitalize Madoc and improve access to rural health care by investing in the development of the Tri-Area Medical Centre.
See the pictures and artlcle. |
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK
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Information about Emergency Preparedness week is available in this document.
May 18-24 2008 has been declared by the Council for the Municipality of Center Hastings as Emergency Services Week in the Municipality.
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NEWS FROM O'HARA MILL
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| The Spring 2008 version of "At the Mill", the official Newsletter of the O'Hara Volunteers Association, is now available here in two versions. The PDF document (3.8 Mb) is a full colour version recommended for those with high speed access. A text-only version (21 Kb) is also available for those with slower connections. |
TRASH BASH 2008
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Front Row L-R:
Liz Harris from Manchester England
Kelly O'Donnel from Falkin Scotland
Louise Livingstone from Stirling
Back Row:
Karen Jones Kiwanis President
Jim Dennis Kiwanis Director
Liz and Kelly on their travels around the world
Stopped off to join in with the Trash Bash
See the full gallery of pictures from Trash Bash 2008 here. |
RESTORATION AND RENOVATION PROGRAM RENOVATES MOIRA HALL
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| Teacher Brad Olsen reviews the renovation drawings with his class. See the article and photo gallery. |
CARD PARTY DONATION
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| On April 9 2008 Reeve Tom Deline was invited by the Card Party Group to attend at the Catholic Church Hall in Madoc to collect a cheque in the amount of $120.00 for the Tri-Area Medical Centre Building Fund. The Group meets to play cards and visit and to raise funds. Tom was advised that the Group will be meeting again April 30 2008 and at that time will be having a silent auction, to raise more money for the new Medical Centre building. |
CDFC BUSINESS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED TO THE HIDDEN GOLDMINE BAKERY
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Mary Lynn Rutledge, Ron Emmond,
MP Daryl Kramp and Bruce Walker
presenting the Business Achievement
Award to Cheryl Freeman
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photos and story by Cindy Redding. |
THE EASTER BUNNY AND FRIENDS
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The 7th Annual Madoc Easter Egg Hunt was an overwhelming success. Who would have thought that 7 years ago such a small gesture by Katherine Morton and Jenn Empey would escalate to full house at the Kiwanis Centre?
See the article and photo gallery. |
MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT COURSE COMPLETED
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| Tammy Gardiner and Christine Jones, employees of Centre Hastings were among several municipal employees who received certificates at County Council for successfully completing "Managing and Leading in a Municipal Environment" through Loyalist college. See the pictures and article here. |
ENJOYING THE SEASON - WINTER BIRDS
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| Larry Mitz sent in pictures of some of the birds who share this land with us during the winter. Please click here to see the entire gallery. |
FOOD BANK RELOCATION - GRAND OPENING
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L-R Tom Simpson, Rev Linda Dixon, Pam Joho, Barb Hiscock, Anne Barry
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| Helping Hands Food Bank has relocted to a new loction at 70 Durham Street South. See the full article and picture gallery here. |
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH TRIBUTE TO ROBBIE BURNS, A FUNDRAISER FOR THE MEDICAL CENTRE
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An additional $1500 was raised for the medical centre!
Please see the photo gallery here. |
COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
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| Architectural drawing of the front view of the proposed Community Art Centre being built in the ballpark area of the skatepark this spring. |
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Madoc - The Municipality of Centre Hastings has signed an agreement to construct a Community Arts Centre in the skatepark complex. The building will be constructed by Fleming College under the direction of Chris Magwood.
Reprint courtesy of The Shield |
IVANHOE CHEESE DONATES $10,000 TO THE TRI-AREA MEDICAL CENTRE
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Mr. Bruce Kingston President/Owner of Ivanhoe Cheese Factory and some of the 97 employees took time out to demonstrate their support for the New Tri Area Medical Centre Fund Raising.
See the pictures and article. |
WIN A 2008 FORD FOCUS!
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| Details of this draw, in support of the new Tri Area Medical Centre, are now available here in PDF format. See the Flyer. See the ticket. |
STUDENTS HELP WITH TRAIL MAINTENANCE
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Another partnership in the making. Centre Hasting High School Students from the Bridges program partnered with the Committee of The Trail of Two Lakes and the Municipality of Centre Hastings to do preventative maintenance (brushing) along the trails and road intersections of the ATV and Snowmobile trail in Centre Hastings.
See the full article and photo gallery. |
2007-2008 MADOC KIWANIS EXECUTIVE
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| Kiwanis Lieutenant Governor William Downham performed his favorite task of installing the 2007 - 2008 Madoc Kiwanis Executive. See the photo gallery here, |
CKOL 100.7 FM FROM MADOC
IS NOW ON THE AIR! |
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| Should anyone wish to disuss the radio station in Madoc or volunteer to assist with programming etc they can contact Jim Bakker, Corodinator of the Madoc & District Chamber of Commerce at 613-473-1616 or email at cocmadoc@bellnet.ca . |
* Are you looking for statistical information about the Municipality of Centre Hastings or the Village of Madoc?? Such information can be found on Federal Government's Statistics Canada Web Site: www12.statscan.ca. This web site can reveal tons of useful information relevant to our community.
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WELCOME TO COMFORT COUNTRY!
Tweed, Madoc, Marmora and Stirling understand that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts when it comes to concerns of a common nature. Comfort Country is a new cooperative strategy recognizing that solutions are possible when regions come together with a will to focus on similarities instead of differences Each home has been mailed a copy of Comfort Country Business and Services Directory. Browse through this 78 page directory and experience what each community has to offer. Local fairs, markets, events from hockey to music. With thanks to Industry Canada and Community Futures we are excited to also announce GPS tracking. Comfort Country web site has listed all events for each community www.comfortcountry.ca
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